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Sorry about all the posts. The destination of these keeps getting moved around and I just want everyone who wants to read them to be able to read them. Here are pages 1-4! (yes, one more than before). Enjoy...it's just a lot of joking about birthdays. Sorry about all the ridiculous number explanations.

Spoiler!

Q: Hello Oda-sensei! We can even read One Piece at the library! Even though it’s not at the library in my neighborhood, they have it at another one in my city and we can make a reservation via the library network. Even if the whole city doesn’t have any One Piece in the library, we can even put in a request to get it! Little kids can read One Piece for free! Ok, so now let’s start the SBS!
Oda: Ha! Wow, we already started? That snuck up on me! Wow, that’s some amazing information I just picked up here. Yeah, but…do they even have manga in the library!? But really!? I seriously had no idea. First time hearing any of this. Manga in the Library!? Well, I guess it’s a good opportunity for the little ones with no cash. Let’s all head to the closest library! Speaking of free, make sure to visit [One Piece Web] on the internet where we introduce the story to everyone for free!
Q: Hey! You better fix something! And you better put down the dirty magazine! Um…I’m talking about the disappearance of old man Garp’s scar. I (who am very bored) have checked and re-checked, from the chapter 1 to chapter 580, and his scar has disappeared…25 TIMES! (Donnn!) I’m trying to be very subjective here, he doesn’t appear very often… Sometimes it’s amazing how obvious the disappearance is! I know, people make mistakes. But you know, it doesn’t seem like you’re going to apologize any time soon, so as a punishment, I’m going to steal your precious dirty mag out of the back of the closet!
Oda: Rather, as the rivals of destiny appear…the scar starts pulsating and appears. Kinda? Usually…actually the truth is that the there was no scar, it’s a special type of scar that appears at those kind of times…WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT! Or rather, the truth is that he doesn’t have a scar! (that’s obviously not true). In any event, you give my book back now! Give it back! From here on out I’ll be careful, so give it back!!!

Q: Who is “Glasses”?
Oda: Um… Let’s pretend that didn’t happen! On to the next post card!
Q: Hello Oda-sensei! I’ll get right to the point. Could you draw out, in word form, what is going on in Luffy’s head? And also what’s going on in your head! I have a friend who’s brain seems to be half dirty thoughts and porn and the other half is games!
Oda: Drawing the inside of someone’s head meaning…the old brain map maker that was on the internet for a little while. Something like that would be ok right? Why don’t we go ahead and do a bunch of different folks! (note: the website Oda-sensei is talking about was an old cell phone web site that after putting in your name, birthdate, blood type, etc. a picture of an empty head would appear with different kanji inside showing what you were thinking about at any given time. Obviously just for fun.)
Luffy: Meat, Meat, King, Meat, Meat
Nami: Money, Money, Beauty, Money, Money
Sanji: Food, Nami-san, Women, Robin-chan, Food
Robin: Learning, History, Secrets, Ancient, Learning
Brook: Tea, Panties, Laughing, Panties, Tea
Zoro: Sword, Strength, Strength, Strength, Sword
Usopp: Lie, Run, Fight, Run, Lie
Chopper: Animal, Belief, Medicine, Doctor, Sweets
Franky: Perv, Perv, Steel, Perv, Perv
Oda: World Peace
In addition, all the crew have “Friend” written, not in their heads but in their hearts!
Q: Whitebeard Pirates shall here after referred to as the main force. Can any pirates under the influence of Whitebeard become a captain in the main force? Or to become a captain, do you have to have been in the main force for a long time?
Oda: I’d like to explain a little bit about the Whitebeard Pirates. First you have the Captain, Whitebeard, and his 16 divisional captains. These 16 all have the same standing in the crew. The division numbers are NOT distributed by strength. They’re all of the same level. These 16 teams are what make up the Whitebeard Pirates. Now the 43 pirate crews that are under Whitebeard’s influence. This is NOT Whitebeard’s crew, they normally act completely independent of one another. But, these pirate crews have the utmost respect for Whitebeard and come together when he calls. They are those kinds of pirates. In Ace’s case, the Spade Pirates were disbanded and all the members joined the Whitebeard Pirates. Seeing as Ace was their captain, he became a division captain in the Whitebeard Pirate crew.

Q: Hey! Thanks to what you, Oda-chan said, on the inside cover of book 58, my nickname has become the Huge Human Eating (year of the) Rabbit (Rabbit as in the Chinese animal signs that are assigned by birth year) and the Capricorn that swallows anacondas whole… What are you going to do to help me! (I’m pissed!)
Oda: Oh my! Is that so? So basically, it was decided when you were born, by a person you have never met, that you were going to be both a Capricorn and be born in the year of the Rabbit, right? But, you don’t like my little description. Well then it can’t be helped, I will take responsibility and think of your Chinese fortune and Zodiac reading here and now. I’ll be really glad if you’re happy with it. You are a [Rabbit who wears panties on your head] and [A Capricorn who thinks of nothing but perverted things while on a factory tour]
[Side Panel]
Capricorn (Goat) – Now I understand how you make…underwear…
Rabbit – I thought it was a sun visor! Honestly! Hahaha!
Q: Hello there! 18 yr. old Bob Dylan lover here! With regards to the title of chapter 572…it’s the name of a famous Bob Dylan song! The Times They Are A-Changin!! I was thoroughly surprised when I saw it! Do you like Bob Dylan too? On top of that, the title and the contents of the chapter 572 match perfectly! I’ve been totally satisfied! (haha!)
Oda: Yes. That’s correct. I did have a little fun sliding in that little fact that only those who like Bob Dylan would pick up on. Bob Dylan is a famous singer from America, and it’s not as though I know everything about the man, but I figured it would be the perfect title and so I just used it. When the chapter was published in Jump, it was simply written in English but then I realized that many people wouldn’t understand what it meant, so when comic 58 came out we translated it into Japanese underneath as well.

Oda: MKK Corner! You have collected some info? Bring it on! Um, so listen you guys. How frickin many character’s birthdays have you just gone ahead and decided for your-damn-selves? In any event, I too have an extremely close connection to these characters, so I’m not just gonna stand by and let you guys decide everything! BRING IT ON!
Q: In regards to Trafalgar Law’s birthday, (10) Trafalgar [10 is read Toh, the first syllable of Toh-rah-fah-ru-gah] (6) Law [6 is read Roh, the Japanese reading of Law], so do you think October 6th would be ok?
Oda: Yeah, sure.
Q: I’ve got a favor to ask. With regards to my absolute favorite pirate in One Piece, Blackbeard, Marshal D. Teach. It’s about his birthday. Seeing as he has the Yami Yami fruit [Yah = 8/Mih = 3], I’d like to be the one who makes the final decision on his birthday being August 3rd. What do you think?
Oda: Yeah, sure.
Q: Sensei, Please listen! A little while back, a new guy was assigned to my department at work said, “Nobody knows Captain Marco’s birthday!” October 5th (1st Captain 05 [0=maru/5=go: thus Marco = Maru (0) Go (5)] is so easy to remember! Isn’t it sensei?
Oda: Uh…yeah, it’s like, something like that. Um…….That’s right.
Q: About Crocodile’s birthday, (9) Cro (5) codile [9=Ku (Kuro) 5=go (codairu)], September 5th is fine right!! Odacchi, whenever you decide on birthdays, you’re never really into it so this time, answer as though you’ve just received Emporio Tension Hormones from Iva-san!
Oda: HeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaa!! That’s a great idea!! HeeeeeeeHaaaaa!!
Q: Sorry to ask so suddently, but I’d like Iva-chan’s birthday to be January [He = 1] 8th [Ha = 8]. Would you agree to that?
Oda: Oh yeah!! HeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaa!!
Q: Is there anyway the Marine HQ Admirals could take on the birthdays of their real life counterparts? [for anyone who didn’t know, all the Admirals are modeled after real actors] Aokiji…September 21st (Matsuda Yuusaki-san), Kizaru…November 23rd (Tanaka Kunie-san), and Akainu…August 16th (Sagawara Bunta-san)
Oda: Why doesn’t everyone just do whatever they want HeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa!!

Questions to Oda:Keep the questions coming. Whether he got the last ones or not let's just keep asking until we get at least one!

This SBS thread is a failure as well, this one should be close too and let hwh316 make a new one so he can just put all his translate SBS on the first post. And probably sticky it too, so any new SBS that appear he can just edit it onto the first post. I wouldn't mind looking up all the SBS that have something to do with the actual story just for that. So everyone can discuss them after the first post and the SBS won't be all mix in with the random rants and what not. He can just easily edit the first post.

that would be quite fun and I'd be up for it if someone would let it happen. it's been GREAT study! haha! Even though the only story relevant stuff we got out of 59 was the Whitebeard Crew make up, here's the last 2 pages.

FM, I'll have a look at some of the more recent SBS entries and see if there are any story relevant things attached. How many are out there that don't need translation?

Spoiler!

Q: I want a Nami body pillow pretty bad and I’ve been thinking about buying one soon. Odacchi, I really wanna know how you use yours.
Oda: I see. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW! So there’s even stuff like that coming out now. I’ve never seen a real one myself so I don’t know, but if it’s a body pillow; wouldn’t you just put it in between your legs and sleep with it? Everyone may think I have a full grasp of all the One Piece goods that are out there, but a guy named Onishi, who is in charge of my media dealings checks all that stuff for me. When I look at the Jump shopping page, I think, Wow, they’re selling stuff like this. That’s where I get most of my information from. If the folks who are making and buying the goods are having fun with it, that’s good enough for me. I usually look forward to seeing the new P.O.P figures that come out. They’re expensive but pretty amazing.
Q: I have a serious question. How many different shading tones do you use on OP? Maybe just one? Are fewer tones used in Shonen manga than others? Also, Oda-sensei, do you use shading off techniques? Please answer in detail!!
Oda: One tone, are you kidding me! I’m using 3 different tones I’ll have you know! We use the very popular tone called a 1C screen. It includes a light layer, a heavy layer and a sandy gradient. People who aren’t familiar with the screen tone should think of it as a transparent film that is laid on top of the manga. If you would go to a professional printing company they would have hundreds of tones, but we just use 3. It’s been many years since I’ve used shading off regularly, but I did use it when I was an assistant. [note: I just found out recently that Oda-sensei was an assistant on Ruroni Kenshin] People on my staff still use it now. The way it is done is by taking the sharp edge of a cutter and lightly shaving a 22.5 degree x 22.5 degree parallel into an area to create shading off effect. [note: all art terms that the Japanese don’t even really understand unless they are studying to be manga artists] We don’t use a graduation tone when we’re drawing a sunset, for example. We will use shading off and layering. Recently, a lot of this can be done on a computer. I personally would like to keep doing everything by hand while I’m doing One Piece.

[I’ve posted this first question elsewhere on the board.]
Q: Odacchi! I’ve realized something amazing! If you take all of the devil’s fruits eaten by the devil’s fruit users in the Strawhat Pirates and turn them into numbers, a 1-10 pattern immerges!
Luffy Gomu Gomu - Go=5 Mu=6
Chopper Hito Hito - Hi=1 To=10
Robin Hana Hana - Ha=8 Na=7
Brooke Yomi Yomi - Yo=4 Mi=3
Is the man who ate the Nikyu Nikyu fruit – Ni=2 Kyu=9, none other than Bartholomew Kuma, going to be the next crew member? Tell me Please!
Oda: Whaaaaaat!! Wow, that’s really surprising! What do you mean you were surprised!! NO COMMENT!!! Next!!
Q: My letter is not very important so please go on to the next question.
Oda: Um…ok. How can I…sorry to have troubled you. I really appreciate you sending in a letter but WHY THE HELL DID YOU SEND ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE!! (That wasn’t very grown up of me)
Q: A little while ago, I saw in the news that a male eel was injected with hormones and successfully changed into a female. I was just wondering if by some chance Iva-san had something to do with this incident!? Was this the Emporio Female Hormones at work !?
Oda: Without a doubt! That was definitely Empirio Female Hormones. I think it is very possible that someday, an experiment will occur and a high tension eel will appear. HeeeeeeeeHaaaaaa! I wanna have that eel for dinner!
Oda: Ok! That concludes this edition of SBS but I’d just like to take a minute to apologize to everyone and let you know that the voice actor’s SBS will not be included this time. That takes up a lot of time, with…you know. We will definitely recruit Yamaguchi Yuriko, who voices Robin and Yao Kazuki, who voices Franky, to answer all your questions!
See You Next Time!

Questions to Oda:Keep the questions coming. Whether he got the last ones or not let's just keep asking until we get at least one!

that would be quite fun and I'd be up for it if someone would let it happen. it's been GREAT study! haha! Even though the only story relevant stuff we got out of 59 was the Whitebeard Crew make up, here's the last 2 pages.

FM, I'll have a look at some of the more recent SBS entries and see if there are any story relevant things attached. How many are out there that don't need translation?

Spoiler!

Q: I want a Nami body pillow pretty bad and I’ve been thinking about buying one soon. Odacchi, I really wanna know how you use yours.
Oda: I see. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW! So there’s even stuff like that coming out now. I’ve never seen a real one myself so I don’t know, but if it’s a body pillow; wouldn’t you just put it in between your legs and sleep with it? Everyone may think I have a full grasp of all the One Piece goods that are out there, but a guy named Onishi, who is in charge of my media dealings checks all that stuff for me. When I look at the Jump shopping page, I think, Wow, they’re selling stuff like this. That’s where I get most of my information from. If the folks who are making and buying the goods are having fun with it, that’s good enough for me. I usually look forward to seeing the new P.O.P figures that come out. They’re expensive but pretty amazing.
Q: I have a serious question. How many different shading tones do you use on OP? Maybe just one? Are fewer tones used in Shonen manga than others? Also, Oda-sensei, do you use shading off techniques? Please answer in detail!!
Oda: One tone, are you kidding me! I’m using 3 different tones I’ll have you know! We use the very popular tone called a 1C screen. It includes a light layer, a heavy layer and a sandy gradient. People who aren’t familiar with the screen tone should think of it as a transparent film that is laid on top of the manga. If you would go to a professional printing company they would have hundreds of tones, but we just use 3. It’s been many years since I’ve used shading off regularly, but I did use it when I was an assistant. [note: I just found out recently that Oda-sensei was an assistant on Ruroni Kenshin] People on my staff still use it now. The way it is done is by taking the sharp edge of a cutter and lightly shaving a 22.5 degree x 22.5 degree parallel into an area to create shading off effect. [note: all art terms that the Japanese don’t even really understand unless they are studying to be manga artists] We don’t use a graduation tone when we’re drawing a sunset, for example. We will use shading off and layering. Recently, a lot of this can be done on a computer. I personally would like to keep doing everything by hand while I’m doing One Piece.

[I’ve posted this first question elsewhere on the board.]
Q: Odacchi! I’ve realized something amazing! If you take all of the devil’s fruits eaten by the devil’s fruit users in the Strawhat Pirates and turn them into numbers, a 1-10 pattern immerges!
Luffy Gomu Gomu - Go=5 Mu=6
Chopper Hito Hito - Hi=1 To=10
Robin Hana Hana - Ha=8 Na=7
Brooke Yomi Yomi - Yo=4 Mi=3
Is the man who ate the Nikyu Nikyu fruit – Ni=2 Kyu=9, none other than Bartholomew Kuma, going to be the next crew member? Tell me Please!
Oda: Whaaaaaat!! Wow, that’s really surprising! What do you mean you were surprised!! NO COMMENT!!! Next!!
Q: My letter is not very important so please go on to the next question.
Oda: Um…ok. How can I…sorry to have troubled you. I really appreciate you sending in a letter but WHY THE HELL DID YOU SEND ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE!! (That wasn’t very grown up of me)
Q: A little while ago, I saw in the news that a male eel was injected with hormones and successfully changed into a female. I was just wondering if by some chance Iva-san had something to do with this incident!? Was this the Emporio Female Hormones at work !?
Oda: Without a doubt! That was definitely Empirio Female Hormones. I think it is very possible that someday, an experiment will occur and a high tension eel will appear. HeeeeeeeeHaaaaaa! I wanna have that eel for dinner!
Oda: Ok! That concludes this edition of SBS but I’d just like to take a minute to apologize to everyone and let you know that the voice actor’s SBS will not be included this time. That takes up a lot of time, with…you know. We will definitely recruit Yamaguchi Yuriko, who voices Robin and Yao Kazuki, who voices Franky, to answer all your questions!
See You Next Time!

Awesome, but I think I already seen these, now that I think about it the WB sound familiar as well. Quick question Hwh you remember any of the current SBS? Like ones after volume 59? Meaning shown in the shonen jumps chapters that came out after volume 59 last chapter.

Yeah about your SBS thread if the mods allow it go for it.

"I personally would like to keep doing everything by hand while I’m doing One Piece."
Oda's a beast.

i don't usually buy the weekly jumps so i just give them a scan in the convenience store. i always pick up the book volumes so next month when 60 comes out I could always just take the story relevant stuff and pop it out there.

Questions to Oda:Keep the questions coming. Whether he got the last ones or not let's just keep asking until we get at least one!

not really. they have the last month or so worth of jump at one of my schools, I can take a look tonight when I go in and maybe put some stuff up if there's anything of consequence. no more shading technique translations...haha!

Questions to Oda:Keep the questions coming. Whether he got the last ones or not let's just keep asking until we get at least one!

not really. they have the last month or so worth of jump at one of my schools, I can take a look tonight when I go in and maybe put some stuff up if there's anything of consequence. no more shading technique translations...haha!

Lol, well hopefully there are some if not you said volume 60 around the corner anyways right.